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- Societal impacts of Tax Governments and world markets require a certain amount of tax revenue to function.
- Digital Taxation Digital goods and services and their potential impact on evasion, avoidance and tax morale.
- Corporation Tax Most corporations recognize the important role they play in contributing to society.
- Environmental Taxation Tax is being seen as increasingly important in the environmental agenda.
- Governance & Tax Transparency What tax strategies are being followed by companies globally?
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Edward J. Dodson

Faculty Member

Temple University, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Edward retired in 2005 after three decades of management and analyst responsibilities in the housing finance sector of the US economy.

He taught political economy and lectured on history at the Henry George School of Social Science and is the author of a three-volume work, The Discovery of First Principles. He is a contributing writer to several periodicals devoted to promoting systems of political economy developed in the late 19th century by Henry George. In 1997, he established the online education and research project, the School of Cooperative Individualism.

Edward retired in 2005 after three decades of management and analyst responsibilities in the housing finance sector of the US economy.

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Societal impacts of Tax

Rents as a taxable revenue stream in the future

As an unearned source of income for individuals and private entities, it makes sense for rents to comprise the core source of public revenue.There is a moral decision regarding which assets and income flows are legitimately private property and which are legitimately societal property. The potential annual rental value of locations and natural assets with an inelastic supply is an...